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Open Source toolpath generator for 3D printers
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Feature Request: Rounding the Hexagonal Infill Pattern (Option) #473

Open simonkuehling opened 12 years ago

simonkuehling commented 12 years ago

I really like the hexagonal infill pattern for many reasons and just saw a neat feature that is implemented in the KISSlicer:

Rounding the Hexagonal Infill. This is generating huge gcode files of course and slows down slicing a bit i think, but especially for printing a larger number of parts from the same gcode (e.g. small batch series) this is worth the time - i was impressed to see the infill-speed boost compared to standard angled hexagonal infill with otherwise identical settings.

maybe this could be just implemented as another infill pattern ("hexagonal rounded")

alranel commented 12 years ago

Can you post a screenshot of such paths to help me understand better?

simonkuehling commented 12 years ago

Sure - here are two screenshots

Rounded: Rounded Infill

Angled: Angled Infill

the pattern itself is a little different from Slic3r 's honeycomb - but i think it should still be comparable enough. All angled are simply subdivided into a small arc of about 2-3 lines.